Instruction
We offer complete fly fishing instruction for beginners on actual sections of quality trout streams. We teach the basics of Fly Casting along with Tackle Selection, Fly Fishing Terminology, Knot Tying, Entomology, and Proper Fly Selection before moving onto actual moving water to practice basic fly casts and line handling. Topping off a full day of learning with an opportunity to "Catch and Release" your first trout on a fly. Tackle can be provided or bring your own.
Guides
We use local, licensed guides with over 50 years of fly fishing experience in the limestone country of South Central Pennsylvania. In addition, they have years of fishing and guiding experience in the West, particularly Montana and the Yellowstone area of the Rockies.
We offer complete fly fishing instruction for beginners on actual sections of quality trout streams. We teach the basics of Fly Casting along with Tackle Selection, Fly Fishing Terminology, Knot Tying, Entomology, and Proper Fly Selection before moving onto actual moving water to practice basic fly casts and line handling. Topping off a full day of learning with an opportunity to "Catch and Release" your first trout on a fly. Tackle can be provided or bring your own.
Guides
We use local, licensed guides with over 50 years of fly fishing experience in the limestone country of South Central Pennsylvania. In addition, they have years of fishing and guiding experience in the West, particularly Montana and the Yellowstone area of the Rockies.
Jerry Armstrong, with over 50 years of fly fishing experience and 25 years as a professional guide in Montana and Pennsylvania, he will bring you a wealth of knowledge for a successful day on our waters. Growing up in the limestone trout country of South Central Pennsylvania, Jerry worked as an educator for 30 years. After finishing his Masters Degree, Jerry spent a portion of his summers fishing in Yellowstone and South Western Montana. This led him to become a licensed guide and fly fishing instructor. Be it a steelhead, a big brown or a little native brook trout, his passion for fly fishing and bringing new people to the sport never ends.
Steve Harry is from South Central Pennnsylvania, the heart of the Cumberland Valley and home of some of the best trout waters in the Northeast.
Teaching Biology, Environmental Science, and Entomology was Steve's main profession for 32 years. He graduated from Shippensburg University and did advanced studies in Entomology at the University of Maryland.
Steve has been guiding and teaching fly fishing and stream entomology for the last 20 years. He loves sharing his knowledge of the ecological interdependency in the "world of the trout". One of his favorite sayings is "Trout don't live in ugly places."
Ron Kline has been fly fishing since the early 70s on some of the best fly fishing streams in the Cumberland Valley. Ron worked at Mack Trucks, retiring after 50 years, as a Health and Safety professional and trainer across the country. Ron also retired from the Pennsylvania Game Commission as a Deputy Game Warden for 40 years. Ron enjoys guiding and helping other anglers enjoy the art of fly fishing on our excellent trout waters.